West Pressures Ukraine's Kuchma,
But Russia Offers Him Support

KIEV -- With Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma under fire over the death of a journalist, no one is rushing to throw him a lifeline. No one, that is, except Russia.

The political crisis engulfing Mr. Kuchma, whom the opposition has accused of involvement in the death of reporter Heorhiy Gongadze -- a charge he denies -- has put unprecedented strain on Ukraine's relations with the West, which is already critical of the country's record...